CCAGT Local Rules 1

 

1. Triple Bogey Max Rule 

The maximum score that a player in Champ A, B, C and D flights can score on a hole is triple bogey. If you are sitting at double bogey, and are not in the hole, pick up your ball and score a triple bogey. Do not continue to play the hole as the whole reason for this rule is to speed up pace of play. If you continue to play past double bogey, you are defeating the purpose. 

 2. Out of Bounds Rule 

If you hit your ball Out of Bounds and do not hit a provisional ball, you must return to the tee and rehit your tee ball - loss of stroke and distance. The AGT is NOT implementing the new USGA rules for out of bounds.

This rule will apply to All Flights.  

 3. Embedded Ball Rule Anywhere in General Area 

A ball embedded in its own pitch mark, anywhere in the General Area (this is the whole area of the course except: the teeing ground, putting green of the hole being played, out of bounds and all penalty areas), may be lifted, cleaned and dropped as close to the original spot, no nearer the hole, without penalty. 


 4. New Guest & New  Member Probation Period of 2 Calculated Rounds 

We do our very best to try to make sure that all new members are placed in the proper flight to begin with. This is not an exact science especially if the new member does not have an established USGA Index. 

To make sure that we protect the field from New Members not being placed in the proper flight, we are implementing the following rule. 

All new members will only be allowed to win up to 2nd place in any flight, other than Champ, for their first 2 Tournaments or first 2 index calculated rounds. In the event that a New Member with less than 3 Tournaments played shoots a score that would place them in first place for the flight, they will automatically be moved to 2nd place and the player that would have taken 2nd place will be moved to first place in the event that they are a member with more than 2 events played as well. The New Member will be awarded the 2nd Place Prize Money and Points for the tournament. 

The likelihood that a new member that is in the proper flight would win their flight within the first 2 events is extremely low due to being new to tournament play. If a new member were to card a score that would win in a particular flight, after their index was calculated based on the winning score, they will most likely be moved up into the next flight anyways. This is why we are implementing this rule in order to handle this situation should it happen and there is now a clear cut rule to handle this. 

This is not meant to punish New Members but to protect the integrity of the flights and our tournaments from improper flight placement. 


 5. Play Ready Golf!, Ready Golf!, Ready Golf! 

Ready Golf will be playedatall of our events, andatall times, tee to green and on the green as well! If you are waiting on the group in front of you, then you may observe turn etiquette, otherwise there should be NO ONE waiting to hit - not on the tee, fairway, rough, hazards or greens. If you are ready, and it's clear, then go ahead and hit! Keep the play moving forward. Play should never be at a standstill. Even if waiting for the group ahead, there are things you can be doing to ensure you will be ready to hit when it is clear such as getting yardage, making club selection, etc... 

Honors is exactly that, an honor and there is no rule about hitting rotation in Stroke Play. If the player with honors in not ready, and you are, please announce to that player that you are ready and you are going to hit. If you have the honors and are not ready, you must not get upset if someone wants to hit first if they are ready. If you are not ready, announce that you are not ready and invite anyone that is ready to hit to go ahead and hit. Do NOT use this rule as an excuse to make yourself 'not ready' so that you don't have to go first! 

  • Punctual arrival is your responsibility - Players must check in no later than 30 minutes before start time. You may not be eligable for cash games if you try to register later than 30 minutes prior. We are dedicated to starting on time - timely registration plays a key role. Preperations are delayed otherwise.
  • In addition - paying online before arrival also facilitates a quicker registration. We can help you set up an account with PayPal if necessary - please ask, we are here to help you have a great tournamnet experience. 


 6. Pace of Play System in Live Score 

In the Live Scoring System, there is a Pace of Play monitoring system. Your status is displayed on the top of the Main Scoring Page after you enter each score in. The time that you enter each score in is logged and compared to the group in front of you and is what is the determining factor on if you are on pace or behind pace. The system will understand how far behind the group in front of you that your group is and if you are an entire hole behind or more then you will be given warnings and possibly even penalty strokes if you do not catch up after a hole or 2. The system will display this very clearly. 

Your job is to keep up with the group in front of you at all times. We understand that there are holes that you will fall behind but your job is to then catch up if you do fall behind. 

This system is designed to be as fair as possible for everyone. There is no possibility of favoritism or excuses. Everyone will follow the exact same rules and time restrictions. We understand that there are always situations where your group can fall behind, but that is what the warning is for. 

In total, a group can be assessed 2 Penalty Strokes for a round that the group was continuously behind without any attempt to catch up. This may seem like a lot, but that means that said group was behind for the entire round, which means that every group behind them ended up playing a longer round than they should have. Slow play affects EVERYONE and event PGA players are put on the clock if they are too far behind the group in front of them and assessed penalties if they do not catch up. 

If you are worried that you may be unfairly penalized due to a particularly slow player in your group then make sure that player knows they are slow (believe it or not, some players are just that oblivious and some also know very well they are slow.) Keep everyone moving, including yourself. We will be tracking every single player that receives penalty strokes. We will be able to track trends of individuals. If a particular individual is tagged as a problem then that person can be addressed and asked to leave the tour if it needs to come to that. This is an AMATEUR tour. There isn't thousands or millions of dollars on the line. 

Please let us know if you have any questions on this system or pace of play expectations. 


 7. GPS and Range Finders Permitted 

Only USGA approved GPS and Range Finder devices are permitted for play. Use of illegal devices, such that measure slope, etc..., will result in disqualification from the event. 

Smartphone GPS apps that are used only to measure distance will be allowed during play, provided user is not also using a compass, weather app, club suggestions, or any other app/info that can be used as a benefit/advantage to the game. Any person caught using any of the additional functions other than distance measurements will be disqualified from that event. The app may be used to keep score and stats as well. 


 8. Putt Out Instead of Marking 

If you have a ball that is only a few feet away from the hole, do not mark the ball but rather continue to putt out, provided this will not cause you to step in someone's line. 

We have seen numerous players mark their balls when only a couple a foot away from the hole that could have been tapped in. This adds significant amount of time to the round. On average, if marking and then coming back to finish were to add 30 seconds each time, and is done by 2 people on each green, this would add 18 extra minutes to the round for no good reason. Most of the time the return putt is not missed due to having to have to putt out, but rather using the time to think too much about it. Usually having more time to think about it causes more misses than putting out at the time. If you watch, the PGA will usually finish the putt instead of marking. 


 9. Play 2 balls in event of a rules dispute 

If there is ever any dispute amongst the group about a ruling, the player should play 2 balls from the point of the dispute. The player MUST announce to the other players which ball / rule they would prefer providing the ruling is made prior to taking a stroke at either of the 2 balls. Take note of both scores for that hole and move on with the round. After the round is done, and before signing the scorecard, seek out the Tour Directors (Rules Committee) for a final ruling. The proper score will be circled on the card and used for the official score. 


 10. Score Card 

There will only be 1 official score card (paper) per group. 1 player needs to keep score on the official scorecard provided and another player keep score in the live scoring system throughout the round. Compare the live score system and the scorecard to ensure the two match and then all players must sign and turn in the card. The group may keep score on more than 1 card, but only the official scorecard should be signed and turned in. Please make sure when the group is confirming the scorecard and Live Score that all players in the group follow along to verify all scores are accurate before signing the paper scorecard. 

 11. Optional Cash games 

At each event, players are able to enter into the optional CASH games. Games MUST be entered with cash as the money gets paid to the winners in cash the same day. 

Players are auotmatically included in the closest to the pin contest for the par 3's for every tournament. The annual hole-in-one contest is a $10 one time payment.  In the event of no hole-in-one, a 50/50 drawing will be held for the pot at the last tournament - 50% going to Stand Up for Cancer. (Must enter the Hole-in-One contest to win 50/50).

Players can also pay $10 for their respective flight skins. Outright low score on a hole (birdie or better), amongst the players in the skins game, will win their share of the flight skins pot. Flights may be combined based on the amount of flight players for each event. For instance, Champ and A could be 1 group, B have enough players to be in it's own group and then C and D are the 3rd group. 

Additionally, players can enter the super skins game for $10. These players compete against all the flights and players that entered super skins. Outright low score on a hole (birdie or better), amongst the players in the super skins game, will win their share of the super skins pot. 

Any player can enter in as many, as few, or none of these events as they wish. In the case of a 2 day event, players must enter the games each day. 1st day entries go towards day 1 results and 2nd day entries go towards day 2 results. 


Playing AWAY events.  With your AGT membership you are allowed to play in any event on any tour where space is available.  However, points can only be accumulated towards the points race IF you let me know in advance of playing in the away event.  By doing this, it stops people for requesting points after the event when they finish high in the standings and not requesting the points when they don't.  The Make Up points can only be requested for events that you plan on missing on the Local Tour Schedule.  There are plenty of opportunities to play away at some great tracks that are not too far away.

 
Posted: 3/25/2019 10:33:31 AM